Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Gassing Up

When I was in the stables at Casa Loma there was a room with automotive memorabilia but no explanation as to why they were there. This wonderful old gas pump was found there - not sure how old it is but it belonged to Imperial Oil and distributed their Premier Gasoline. I bet it is from the 20's.Taking part in Signs, Signs. Click here for more signs.

I think you're right about this being from the 20s or maybe 30s. I don't remember such a pump or the Premier name (the latter is probably Canadian). I bought my first car in 1955 (a '37 Chevy) and gas hovered around the 25 cents a gallon mark.